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Power Struggles: Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity before Edison
Power Struggles Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity before Edison
Author: Michael Brian Schiffer
In 1882, Thomas Edison and his Edison Electric Light Company unveiled the first large-scale electrical system in the world to light a stretch of offices in a city. This was a monumental achievement, but it was not the beginning of the electrical age. The first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262516167
ISBN-10: 0262516160
Publication Date: 3/31/2011
Pages: 440
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
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